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| Caribbean Reef Octopus |
I remember when I first started diving. I did a Discover Scuba Diving course in Indonesia when I was on vacation with a friend. I was hooked immediately after seeing all of the different colour fish and corals. I got my Open Water certification at home in Australia but wasn't very confident. In fact I had butterflies in my stomach before each dive, it was more of a personal challenge I had set myself. I never dreamed of ever doing a night dive!!
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| Spot-Fin Porcupinefish |
I have only done night dives in Jamaica and in Mexico, both in the places I have worked. Here in Cozumel I have been blown away with the dives. We see a ridiculous number of lobsters and crabs. Moray eels come out to feed, I know they sound creepy, but they are fine. Every now and then you'll see turtles sleeping or a nurse shark swimming around. I have a weakness for the small things, nudibranchs, pipefish, pipehorses etc. and recently the night dives have been like gold for them!
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| Spotted Moray Eel. |
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| Caribbean Reef Squid pretending he's something else... |
Last week, I found the first black flatworm here that I'd ever seen. The next night dive I did I saw 2! I also loooove seeing baby scorpion fish, everyone calls them ugly, but I have a soft spot for the scorpion fish, especially their babies. The star of a night dive though, is the octopus! No matter how many times you see one, you never get sick of them. I have just got home from a night dive where we saw about 6 octopus, including the smallest one I've ever seen!
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| The coral spawning, the cloud of 'smoke'... |
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| The black flatworm! |
Tonight's night dive was possibly my last in Cozumel. I leave for Jamaica in a week. If plans work out I will be heading home to Australia with my fiance'. If not we will return to Cozumel.
If anyone is ever considering doing a night dive, I definitely recommend Cozumel!
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| Sculptured Slipper Lobster..and a banded butterfly fish. |
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| Shhhh Hawksbill Turtle sleeping... |
*photos compliments of Dean and Janine, a wonderful couple on a night dive with me*
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